Section 23: Setting Aside Land for Community Common Use
23.Establishment of areas of common land use in communally owned land
(1)An association may, and shall, when so requested to do so by the community on whose behalf it holds land, set aside one or more areas of land for common use by members of the group.
(2)The boundaries of any area of land which has been set aside for common use shall be marked out in such a manner, including any such manner as is customary among the persons who will use that land, so as to enable those persons to recognise and keep to those boundaries.
(3)The purposes for which land may be set aside for common use are—
(a)the grazing and watering of livestock;
(b)hunting;
(c)the gathering of wood fuel and building materials;
(d)the gathering of honey and other forest resources for food and medicinal purposes; and
(e)such other purposes as may be traditional among the community using the land communally.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to ask the association that holds your community's land to set aside some areas for everyone to use. The association must do this i...
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